Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon will announce her U.S. Senate bid Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in Southington, her campaign announced Monday.

This will be the Republican's second bid for U.S. Senate in two years. Last year, she lost to Democrat Richard Blumenthal in an election to replace Chris Dodd.

The site for Tuesday's announcement will be Coil Pro Machinery, which designs and manufactures custom-built coil processing machines.

A statement alerting the media to McMahon's announcement said: "Jeff Gagnon founded Coil Pro in 1997 with one employee and a $1000-down payment on a 4,000 square foot warehouse. He has grown this company to a multi million-dollar-a-year enterprise with ten employees and an 18,000-square-foot facility, supporting American manufacturing right here in Connecticut.

"I am running for Senate to help give entrepreneurs like Jeff the legislative support they need to succeed," McMahon said. "If we are going to get our economy growing again, government needs to be a partner, not an adversary to job creators. We need to send to Washington people who know how the economy works, who know how job creators think, who have created jobs and who have had to deal with the real-world consequences of the taxes and regulations Congress passes. You don't fix the problems in Washington by sending back the same people who created them. I'm a job creator, I'm not a politician."

McMahon's announcement has long been expected. Another Republican, former Congressman Chris Shays, has said he will announce his bid for U.S. Senate in early August. Hartford attorney Brian K. Hill and Vernon Mayor Jason McCoy have already announced they are seeking the GOP nomination.

Three Democrats are running: U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy of Cheshire, former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz of Middletown, and state Rep. William Tong of Stamford.

They all hope to replace U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, who has announced he will not seek re-election.